Israel angered by White House leak of IAF strike on Hezbollah-bound weapons

Israel Air Force jets. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

(JNS.org) The Israel Air Force (IAF) last week struck "missiles and related equipment" that were slated to be transferred to Hezbollah at a Syrian
military base near the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia, an unnamed White House official told CNN.

Israel’s
Channel 10 TV network quoted Israeli
officials who called the White House’s revelation of the strike near Latakia
“scandalous,” the Times of Israel
reported. It is “unthinkable” that an Israeli ally like America would leak such
information, the officials said.

A
report on Israel’s Channel 2 network confirmed
that the leak on the Israeli airstrike “came directly from the White House.”

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